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Is cucumber allowed on the Tayyibat diet?
No
No. Dr. Al-Awadi excluded this food himself.
Why cucumber is off the list
It's over 95% water, which waters down the juices that digest your food. And it carries bitter natural chemicals of its own.
The detail
Bitter defence compounds, carried in a fruit that is over 95% water, a volume that dilutes digestion.
The rule behind the verdict
Too much water
Did the doctor say this himself?
He ruled on this himself.
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